Video: Giffords’ transfer to rehab center delayed
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords experienced a setback on Monday in a recovery that so far has seemed to exceed all expectations. NBC's Janet Shamlian reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Life in Haiti still far from normal
Nearly six months after an earthquake devastated the island nation, NBC’s Robert Bazell returns to Port-au-Prince and takes stock of the recovery effort. (Nightly News)

Video: Prayers, hope dot Gulf region
Residents and business owners are hoping the customized cap attached atop the Gulf well holds, so the economic recovery can begin. NBC’s Mark Potter reports. (Nightly News)

Video: U.S. joins Japan in final sweep for the missing
The U.S. military has been enlisted in one of the largest recovery missions ever launched--a three-day effort to find thousands of people who, three weeks after the tsunami, are still unaccounted for and may never be found. NBC's Lee Cowan reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Obama sees progress in jobless numbers
There are signs employers are finally starting to pick up the pace of hiring, but experts hope high gas and food prices don’t knock the wind out of the recovery. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Obama: GOP is obstructing ‘our progress’
In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama accuses Republicans of blocking votes that would extend benefits to the unemployed, saying they have chosen to "filibuster our recovery and obstruct our progress." Watch the entire address. (NBC News)

Video: Michael Douglas tackles new role as cancer patient
Sept. 1: People Magazine reports that actor Michael Douglas suffered from a sore throat and other symptoms for months before doctors discovered a throat tumor three weeks ago, but now he's in treatment and hopeful for a recovery. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Giffords’ docs, NASA talk length of launch delay
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in Florida to watch her husband, shuttle commander Mark Kelly, embark on a NASA mission to the ISS. But her doctors are now said to be in communication with NASA officials to gauge the length of the mission's delay as she is away from the Houston

Video: Is economic recovery losing momentum?
NBC News’ Lee Cowan reports from Prescott, Ariz., on the tough job climate and what it could mean for America’s future. (Nightly News)

Video: Recovery still distant as GM turns a corner
In a sign that the American economy is back from the brink, GM announced its biggest quarterly profit in six years on Thursday—but the rest of the country is still in for a bumpy ride. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports. (Nightly News)